_On the Hill of Hissarlik, May 11th, 1872._
Hindrances through Greek festivals--Thickness of the layers of _débris_ above the native rock--Date of the foundation of Troy--Impossibility of the _Bunarbashi_ theory--Homeric epithets suitable to Hissarlik--Etymology of Ἴλιος, signifying probably the “fortress of the Sun"--The _Aruna_ of the Egyptian records--Progress of the platform, and corresponding excavation on the south--The bulwark of Lysimachus--Ruins of great buildings--Marks of civilization increasing with the depth--Vases, and fragments of great urns--A remarkable terra-cotta--A whorl with the appearance of an inscription 122
_On the Hill of Hissarlik, May 23rd, 1872._
Superstition of the Greeks about saints’ days--Further engineering works--Narrow escape of six men--Ancient building on the western terrace--The ruins under this house--Old Trojan mode of building--Continued marks of higher civilization--Terra-cottas engraved with Aryan symbols: antelopes, a man in the attitude of prayer, flaming altars, hares--The symbol of the moon--Solar emblems, and rotating wheels--Remarks on former supposed inscriptions--Stone moulds for casting weapons and implements--Absence of cellars, and use of colossal jars in their stead--The quarry used for the Trojan buildings--“Un Médecin malgré lui."--Blood-letting priest-doctors--Efficacy of sea-baths--Ingratitude of the peasants cured--Increasing heat 131
_On the Hill of Hissarlik, June 18th, 1872._
A third platform dug--Traces of former excavations by the Turks--Block of triglyphs, with bas-relief of Apollo--Fall of an earth-wall--Plan of a trench through the whole hill--Admirable remains in the lowest stratum but one--The plain and engraved whorls--Objects of gold, silver, copper, and ivory--Remarkable terra-cottas--The pottery of the _lowest stratum_ quite distinct from that of the next above--Its resemblance to the Etruscan, in quality only--Curious funereal urns--Skeleton of a six months’ embryo--Other remains in the lowest stratum--Idols of fine marble, the sole exception to the superior workmanship of this stratum--The houses and palaces of the lowest stratum, of large stones joined with earth--Disappearance of the first people with the destruction of their town.